Frank Vytrisal
  Frank Vytrisal
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 Frank Vytrisal at Ironman Germany 2007
in Frankfurt am Main |
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | 10th December 1966 (age 53) |
| place of birth | Darmstadt, Germany |
| size | 187 cm |
| Weight | 76 kg |
| societies | |
| 2004 | A-squad long distance |
| Until 2011 | StartNet team DSW Darmstadt |
| successes | |
| 2004 | 2nd place Ironman France |
| 2006, 2007 | 2 × Third Ironman European Championships |
| status | |
| Resigned in 2011 | |
Frank Vytrisal (born December 10, 1966 in Darmstadt ) is a former German triathlete .
Career
Frank Vytrisal was active in swimming in his youth and started triathlon in 1993. He started for the StartNet team DSW Darmstadt in the Triathlon Bundesliga.
From 1988 to 1992 he studied plastics technology and then from 1992 to 1997 mechanical engineering and sport as a commercial teacher training course. Since 1997 he has been teaching metal technology and sport at the Erasmus Kittler School in Darmstadt.
In February 2008, he took time off from school to be active as a professional athlete. The full-time teacher at the Erasmus Kittler School in Darmstadt was named by the FAZ as an “amateur who teaches the professionals to fear”.
In August 2011, after the race in Regensburg, he announced the end of his professional career and announced that he would be back in school in autumn. In November 2011, at the age of 44, he started again at Ironman Florida , where he finished fifth with the fastest cycling time.
Frank Vytrisal lives with his wife in Darmstadt . He has been running the endurance sports portal 4athletes.com since August 2012.
Awards
- In 2008 he was third behind Daniel Unger and Chris McCormack in the election for "Triathlete of the Year".
Sporting successes
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| 2010 | 2 | Moret Triathlon |
Muenster
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04:01:18 | Hessen champion in the middle distance (1.9 km swimming, 80 km cycling and running over the half marathon distance) |
| June 1, 2008 | 11 | Ironman 70.3 Switzerland |
 Rapperswil-Jona
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03:51:45 | |
| 13 Sep 2005 | 3 | DTU German Triathlon Championship middle distance |
Kulmbach |
at the Mönchshof Triathlon |
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| Nov 5, 2011 | 5 | Ironman Florida |
 Panama City |
08:21:48 | with the fastest bike time (4:19:37 h) |
| Aug 7, 2011 | 3 | Ironman Regensburg |
regensburg
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08:37:12 | |
| July 24, 2011 | 21st | Ironman Germany |
Frankfurt am Main
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09:01:04 | |
| Nov 21, 2010 | 24 | Ironman Arizona |
Tempe
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09:22:12 | |
| 4th July 2010 | 8th | Ironman Germany |
Frankfurt am Main |
08:35:39 | |
| July 5, 2009 | 7th | Ironman Germany |
Frankfurt am Main |
08:25:19 | |
| 2008 | 3 | Ironman Switzerland |
Zurich
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| July 6, 2008 | DNF | Ironman Germany |
Frankfurt am Main |
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| Oct 13, 2007 | 14th | Ironman Hawaii |
Hawaii
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08:37:44 | As the best German participant, Vytrisal reached 14th place in Hawaii. |
| July 1, 2007 | 3 | Ironman Germany |
Frankfurt am Main |
08:13:34 | with the fastest cycling time |
| Oct 21, 2006 | 22nd | Ironman Hawaii |
Hawaii |
08:42:24 | |
| 2006 | 3 | Ironman Germany |
Frankfurt am Main |
08:24:36 | |
| July 10, 2005 | 5 | Ironman Germany |
Frankfurt am Main |
08:41:24 | |
| 2005 | 1 | Moret Triathlon |
Muenster
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Hessian champion in the middle distance | |
| June 27, 2004 | 2 | Ironman France |
 Nice
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08:46:26 | |
| 2002 | 7th | Ironman France |
Nice |
7th place in the overall ranking, 5th place in the professional ranking and 2nd place in age group 35 | |
| 2001 | 2 | Triathlon de Gérardmer |
Gerardmer
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Second on the middle distance | |
| Oct 26, 1996 | 101 | Ironman Hawaii |
Hawaii |
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| 1995 | Triathlon International de Nice |
Nice |
Vice world champion in the AK main class | ||
| Oct 1, 1994 | 97 | Ironman Hawaii |
Hawaii |
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| July 10, 1994 | 41 | Ironman Europe |
Roth
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08:57:30 | 13th place in class M25 |
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| June 21th 2013 | 1 | Race Across America |
Panama City
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Start and victory at the RAAM in a team of 4, after 5 days and 21 hours |
(DNF - Did Not Finish)
Web links
- Official website of Frank Vytrisal
- Profile for Frank Vytrisal at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on November 28, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ Profile of Frank Vytrisal ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the DSW 1912 Darmstadt
- ↑ Michael Eder: How an amateur teaches the professionals fear In: FAZ July 10, 2005
- ↑ Ironman Regensburg 2011 - target interview Frank Vytrisal ( Memento from November 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Katrin Süss and Frank Vytrisal are the new Hessen Masters ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Schildknecht and Dibens claim Ironman 70.3 Switzerland title
- ↑ Frank Vytrisal: There were no more tactics
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Vytrisal, Frank |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German triathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darmstadt |